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MERSEY
East coast
ports, from Dover to
Scotland, are
at the mercy
of the
Germans
By far the
greater part of British
seaborne
traffic will
have to fall
on west
coast ports
Our -and strength
weakness
By MAJOR FIELDING ELIOT
IT may now be useful to
examine in some detail the probable means the Germans will employ in their attack..
Generally speaking, a coun- try, like a fortress, may he attacked in one of two ways-- by assault or by investment.
It is probably by a combination, "of these methods that the Ger- inans will seek to attack Great Britain.
No country in Europe Is.more vulnerable to blockade than Bri- tain.
East coast ports. from Dover to Scotland may, I think, be written off at chro
Germans can so
so blockade the Straits of Dover as to make it un impractical waterway for mer- chant vessels in any number, and from Norway they can pretty well prevent any entry Into the North Sea, or, at any rate, moke it so prevarious as to be negligible.
The Channel ports from Folke- stone to Land's End lie under the
жоне direct menuce
of German air-
planes operating from the opposite French shores and of smaller Ger- man submarines and high-speed motor-boats.
While the convoy can give good protection against submarines and motor-boats, the convoy also brings together a large and vulnerable target.
The calculated combination of two forms of attack-and in this licg the chief German genius in this war-can produce telling re- sults.
By far the greater part of British seaborne traffle will fall, therefore, on west coast ports and chiefly on those of the Bristol Channel, Mersey and Clyde,
Approach between Land's End and Eire will be far more danger- ously covered by German nireroft operating from Brittany than the north channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Congestion
port
1
BOTH these approaches and the vicinity of the three arcas mentioned, however, will be tremendous congestion of shipping under conditions which will be ideal for the operation of submarines as far as the location of largets is concerned, -
The long-range submarines will be used in the north, of course, and they will operate from Nor- wegian bases, or perhaps more advanced bases may be anught. Thus, a German descent on the Islands or on Iceland may
.be
Orkompled.
Even an attack on Eire is not to be discounted altogether." At the tip of Brittany the Germans would be under 300 miles from the south coast of Elre,
The danger, to the Fleet from injury to its bases la grave. Chief fleet bases now are Chatham and Rosyth, both on the il-but-useless east coast, Portsmouth and Davon-,
port on the Channel and under the shadow of German wings, and Milfordhaven on the west coast, until lately a base of no great im- portance of equipment.
Something night be done at Belfast, where there are shipbuild- ing works which could do at a pinch a good deal of naval repale and maintenance work,
Invasion
FINALI
FINALLY, we come to the much-talked of question
of the invasion of Britain. This, if attempted, would probably begin number of small thrusts at by different coastal points with the idea of feeling out British defences and creating confusion and distrae- tion.
Walt
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WALT DISNEY.
WHEN Holland was invaded by Germans, intent upon capturing its ruler, Queen Wilhelmina found refuge in Britain. She joined not only members of her own family already in exile, but also a band of the world's rulers who find sanc- tuary in Britain from the storm that is threatening civilization.-
The Homeless Leaders of the World
A
MIDST the riot of stalls that is London's Caledonian Market, where one may buy anything from a banana'io
an emerald bracelet, a little man made his way. He paused before a display of bric-a-brac spread upon the cobbled ground and inspected a vase.
"Good bit of stuff, that," said the denler, enger for a sale. "Genuine Chinese.**
"You are mistaken," said the little man, politely, "It is Siamese. You see, I hap- pen to come from Siam."
He bought the vase for a few shillings, handing it to a friend to hold. Perhaps he sighed a little as they walked on. A queer world it was, in which the ex-King of Sium, Keeper of the Twenty-four Umbrellas, Brother of the Moon and Descendant of the Great God Buddha, could be thus engaged.
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Once ex-King Prajadhipok ruled 14,000,000 from his throne in Bangkok, But sick of the rivalries and bicker- ings between his own sup- porters and. those of his fourteen-years-old
nephew,
King Amanda, he said good- bye to pomp and panoply and Labdicated,
Crash of a Dynasty Now he is a citizen of Bid- denden, Kent, happy in an Elizabethan mansion, patron- izing local fetes, cycling, read- ing, playing tennis.
one
terest in governing their coun- tries. They have left for ever the countries to whose des tinics their own were irrevo- cably linked.
The fall of the Romanoffs, proud rulers of Russia, has a good deal of irony about it. Intrigues and revolution end- ed, their reign twenty-three years ago. The Tsar and Tsarina were murdered by the Bolsheviks, but other mem- bers of the family escaped to Europe.
Grand Duke Nicholas (with what we hope was innocent foresight) had heavy bank accounts in England and France and, settling in Paris, continued to maintain the traditions of court. Complete in court dresses, debutantes were presented to him, and hecontinued to bestow de corations. He died in Paris.
ilk
Robbed Of Their All
the
His son, Vladimir, who studied nt Lendon University, is popular as a member of varsity sporting cubs. France has two more Grand heads Lukes, Boris und Andrew. of two Russian groups, while in That the ex-King is simply
London the Grand Duchess Xenin, of numberless exiled
the murdered Tsar, lives i.ter of rulers is a sign of the times
Wilderness House, Hampton and
Court Palace, a guest of our historical portent.
Royal Family. She is a cousin of the We are often too inclined to
King
George V., who invited Late consider that material com-
her to England when the Bolshe- fort; their leisure, their pos- viks robbed her of everything. sessions, their money. We
Her five sons have all settled down happily in England. forget the loss of everything for which they mostly lived- their aspirations, their in-
An
Then would follow heavy con- centration of air bombing ut selectist points and along all ronds ard railways lending to it, coupled with the dropping of parachutists with and use of transport planes. specially equipped detachments.
under cover of heavy nir druent,
would come the crossing itself, perhaps at
at the Straits of Dover, where long-range artillery could help to some ex- tent, though artillery fire at 35,000 vards and upwards is not so ne u weapon of precision is one might FUNNY SIDE UP suppose from some current com ment.
If the Germans make a serious attempt to invade a Britain they will be certain to attempt surprise, and therefore may make a luint er feinta with all the appearance of seriousness, then suddenly drive
attack. at home their main wholly unsuspected point.
But when all is said and done, such an enterprise would be desperate affair and one far nore likely to end in bloody failure than in anything like success.
nircraft and submarines, Despite the Germans cannot prevent, the operation of British nuval units in the North Sea and Channel. They can make these operations danger- .ous and difficult, but they cannot prohibit them, Bellish aircraft will be immediately at hand, and tha Germans do not seem likely, on
the
air
evilence of this war so far, to be able to stop all British operations by attacks against their bases.
Indeed, it must never be for- gotten that while the Germans are attacking Britain bombers of the Royal Air Force will be attacking Germany, and there is. now', no neutral hinterland to bar their direct approach.
Over-confidence or desire for prestige may
nay lead the Germans into an attempt 气 invading Britain prematurely. It is not a promising enterprise from any. other point of view, and prudence would seem to dictate that It be delayed until other · means have been tried...
Prudent use of victory has not, however, been a German charac teristie in the past.
1940 but Prsten Brommade, bed,
And the man who exiled them- Kerensky? Well, he's
an cxile himself in Paris.
Queen Wilhelmina with her daughter Princess Juliana and her grand-daughter Princess Beatrix,
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And the man who exiled Keren- sky? He's an exile too, though
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Exlies from the East somcilmes have unorthodox modes of living. and on this account eschew the more formal atmosphere of England that might not want them E guests in any case. Such a per- AOTL was the ex-Sultan Ahmed Shah, Inst of the Shahs of Persia. He made a grand spectacle us he roamed the boulevards of Paris with his very large escort gla- morous girls. When he entertained at his hotel he would dip his hand
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Another exile to seek refuge un our shores is ex-King Zog of Ab- banta who, with his income of £12,000 a year, was reckoned the poorest King in Europe. Only re- eently he was married In Tirana to Countess Apponyi, the beautiful Hungarian who had been selling postcards in a museum for £ 38. a week, t was an impressive ceremony
with the arrays of foreign diplomats, the picturesque costumes of the Hungarian dele-. gates, the fierce tribal chiefs, nor- mally always at war, drinking to- gether at the buffet with an occa- alonat eye at each other's knives and revolvers.
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